Last September, Hans Laroche embarked on an unusual teaching assignment. He and a few thousand fellow Quebecers were enlisted to help Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa learn the finer points of Canadian French, from the distinctive accent to so-called "joual" expressions and the linguistic mishmash known as "Franglais."

The Quebec government is taking a moderate approach to secularism that does not violate freedom of religion, Premier Francois Legault said on Sunday, March 31, 2019, as he defended his government's controversial bill to ban the wearing of religious symbols for some public sector employees.

Honorary Col. David Lloyd Hart, a decorated Second World War veteran who was the Canadian Army's oldest and longest-serving officer, has died at age 101.

A 26-year old man has been charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of a Catholic priest during morning mass at Montreal’s St. Joseph’s Oratory on Friday, March .

Mourners carrying signs bearing the images of six men who died in a Quebec City mosque shooting gathered outside a Montreal subway station on on Sunday, March 17, 2019, as they grieved the 50 people killed in another attack, half a world away.

A group of Haitian Montrealers is appealing to federal and municipal authorities to block an upcoming concert by former Haitian president Michel Martelly, citing what they say are his misogynistic comments and his alleged complicity in corruption scandals.

While Montreal is generally viewed as a mixture of British and French influences, look closely enough and you'll see the Irish have left their mark — including the 6,000 who lay buried in unmarked graves in the city's Sud-ouest neighbourhood.

A human wave of chanting, sign-waving protesters made their way downtown from the base of Montreal's Mount Royal on Friday, March 15, 2019, as they joined a series of student-led marches around the world demanding that government take action on climate change.

A mother and daughter from Edmonton, a renowned Carleton University professor and an accountant with the City of Calgary were among the 18 Canadians who died on Sunday, Maruch 10, 2019, when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 aboard.

In what is being described as a major defeat for the tobacco industry, the Quebec Court of Appeal on Friday, March 1, 2019, upheld a landmark judgment ordering three companies to pay billions of dollars in damages to Quebec smokers.